OakR - there a a few quite well-run and interesting shops, bars and coffee bars on Dartmouth Road and, to be perfectly honest, there are many more not-so-interesting shops etc. There is, however, the pools/gym, a beautiful library and an exciting arts centre is coming soon but it's fair to say that the road is in transition and I believe this debate, which is highlighting both the good and the bad features of the road, is focussing the attentions of the shopkeepers, landlords, the traders association, FHSoc and the local community and I'm sure this will bring about the changes that the road, as a whole, needs in order to really thrive again. In the interim though I think your idea of a Totally Locally website is a good one.

When I was a teenager Dartmouth Road had a butcher, baker, greengrocers, wet fish shop, shoe shops, clothes shops, gift shop, record shop, school outfitters, launderette as well as, over the years, a lively tapas bar, a cocktail bar and more. One day Thomas...